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		_tggb on Jan 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why iCloud won't beat Dropbox and the failure of A... …simple initial "put stuff in a folder…" Apple's goal with iCloud (and iOS) is to eliminate the concept of a folder in the filesystem. Of course it won't work well for you. You want folders and files.

rdl on Jan 15, 2012 [–]

I'd be fine with syncing "data" vs. files, too, but no apps I use or care about support iCloud.

flyt on Jan 16, 2012 | [–]

iCloud has been available to end users for three months. Give it time to accrete features, just like iOS.

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